Yale University Profile

Class of 2009 Employment Outcomes

These data come exclusively from U.S. News because the magazine provided the best publicly available employment information for this year. Now that schools are more transparent, and the ABA has stepped its game up, we no longer need to rely on a for-profit magazine to get prospective students the information they need to make informed decisions. Prior years of school-specific data are not directly comparable because U.S. News did not publish survey response rates.

Number% of Class
Total Graduates200100%
Unknown Status00%
Known Status200100%
FT Degree52.5%
Unemployed21%
Employed19396.5%
Credentials#% of Class
Bar Passage Req.18793.5%
Full Time18793.5%
Part Time00%
J.D. Preferred63%
Full Time63%
Part Time00%
Professional00%
Full Time00%
Part Time00%
Non-Professional00%
Full Time00%
Part Time00%
Unknown Cred.00%
Total Employed19396.5%
Non-Employed73.5%
Employer Type#% of Class
Academic10.5%
Business63%
Government2311.5%
Federal Clerkship5226%
Other Clerkship73.5%
Law Firm7839%
Public Interest2613%
Unknown Type00%
Total Employed19396.5%
Non-Employed73.5%
Location#% of Class
East North Central84%
East South Central10.5%
Mid Atlantic6733.5%
Mountain21%
New England00%
Pacific2814%
South Atlantic4824%
West North Central31.5%
West South Central52.5%
Foreign84%
Unknown00%
Total Employed19396.5%
Non-Employed73.5%
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